Chapter 1218
Chapter 1218 Talking to a Smart Person (6)_1
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After starting the fire and just as she stood up, Flossie Wright looked down in puzzlement and gazed in her direction.
"She was bitten by an insect, and the wound is swelling, I guess the bug is poisonous."
As she spoke, Jessie Grain pushed up Nancy Phillips’s sleeve to reveal the swollen purplish spot at her elbow, where two red dots were clearly visible.
Flossie Wright pressed her forehead.
It really was the height of bad luck.
With no other choice, Flossie Wright had to quicken her actions.
Without any hesitation, she dragged the deadwood on the riverbank, chopped off the branches with a military knife, and then cut down the not-so-thick trunk, piling it all up on the fire.
Before long—
Almost ten meters away, Jessie Grain suddenly felt waves of heat hitting her from behind and could faintly hear the sound of fire burning.
She turned around, puzzled.
Instantly, her eyes opened slightly and then she closed them fiercely.
Jessie Grain felt a burning pain in her eyes, the scorching aura assaulting her face and irritating her eyes.
Once she got over the initial shock and focused again, she saw the flames climbing up the burning wood, racing towards the sky about two or three meters high.
Her mouth agape, Jessie Grain found herself at a loss for words.
It was just a momentary illusion that made Jessie Grain think the whole jungle was about to catch fire.
Flossie Wright really knew how to play!
Taking a deep breath, Jessie Grain shook her head helplessly. By the time she got used to the towering pillar of fire, Flossie Wright had already chopped plenty of fresh branches and dragged them over, laying them across the roaring flames.
In an instant—
Thick smoke billowed, earth-shattering.
Jessie Grain just hoped that the arrival would be from the rescue team, not the Firefighting Team.
Many times, Flossie Wright’s fearless spirit of sacrifice had to be admired by Jessie Grain.
The helper was the first to spot the thick smoke.
"Look, look, is that a wildfire over there?"
Gazing upward toward the distance, the helper’s eyes widened in shock.
Upon hearing the sound, Ella Pemberton and Franklin Cody unconsciously looked up, turning their gaze toward the direction of the rising smoke.
Ella Pemberton opened her eyes wide.
It looked just like a wildfire!
There was some distance between them, but the thick smoke taking up half the sky was clearly visible.
The wispy smoke soared.
"It’s not a wildfire," Franklin Cody, keeping his eyes fixed in that direction, stood up with furrowed brows, and said firmly, "That’s a distress signal."
With a puzzled gaze, Ella Pemberton took a careful look and, noticing the abnormal drift of the smoke, also understood.
Ordinarily, smoke can be used for signaling distress, but this smoke was indeed too intense, with thick billows beyond control, naturally unable to convey a precise message.
That was enough.
If it weren’t for the huge smoke, they wouldn’t have been able to spot it in time.
"Contact the helicopter, hurry over there," Ella Pemberton commanded calmly.
The helper quickly took action.
The rescue team was already prepared. With a single order from Ella Pemberton, the helicopter arrived in less than five minutes, picked up Franklin Cody within two minutes, and headed straight for the smoking area.
Ella Pemberton and the helper waited in place, in case the other two came back.
At that time, everyone subconsciously felt that someone who could create such dense smoke must be in good physical condition.
No one expected that when they reached the place where the thick smoke billowed, they would find three figures.
— End of Chapter 1218 —